Donbass Combat about the time of the ravine: most of the city under the control of Russians, but the Armed Forces keep defense

Commander of the Donbass Battalion of the 18th Slavic Brigade of NSU Lieutenant Colonel Mykola Shevchuk, Photo: Donbas Battalion

The Russian army controls most of the city of the Yar in Donetsk region, but Ukrainian soldiers continue to keep defense.

Source: The commander of the Donbas battalion of the 18th Slavic brigade of NSU Lieutenant Colonel Mykola Shevchuk with the Scythian call sign in an interview with “Ukrainian Truth”

Direct Language: “Now the Russians control most of the time ravine. We control the following residential districts: Shevchenko, Southern, Levanevsky (shop # 2), partly the village of Western, partially the North neighborhood. The main bridgehead for battles with the enemy is now – the village of Western and the approaches to Virolyubivka, Mykolaivka.

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Details: The Combat says that in a temporary ravine, Russians use all types of weapons against Ukrainian fighters, including forbidden. Most often, grenades of suffocating K-51, Cheremukha, and in the last few weeks began to use new fatal gas. The battalion already has one died of this gas, Shevchuk reports.

He also emphasizes that Ukrainian fighters are now very difficult to move to positions and from standpoint to be invisible to the enemy. In particular, because the distance control distance has increased.

Direct Language: “Now both in us and in the Russians, the distance control distance has increased. Age. ”

Details: Due to the inability to rotate the fighters hold one of the positions in the time ravine for more than 130 days, the combat notes.

However, Shevchuk emphasizes that for almost a year and a half, the command of the command has never discussed the withdrawal of troops from the city. According to him, now the main main task of the task of defense forces of Ukraine is to keep the time of Yar. According to him, the Ukrainian army is currently able to accomplish this task.

Why is it important: Yar time is a strategically important height. From the city without drones you can see Konstantinovka, Oleksiyevo-Druzhkivka, Druzhkivka and Kramatorsk, explains the Scythian Combat. “If we lose the time of the ravine, the Russians will be able to surround Konstantinovka and go to Druzhkivka,” he said.

Prehistory:

• The active offensive of Russian troops at the time of Yar in Donetsk region began in the spring of 2024.
• On July 31, 2025, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation declared the “capture” of the city.
• President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky called information about the occupation of the Temporal Yar “Russian Okid”